Ozzy Osbourne, Mick Jagger, more stars mourn Jeff Beck: 'An absolute god of guitar'.

MSN: Ozzy Osbourne, Mick Jagger, more stars mourn Jeff Beck: 'An absolute god of guitar'.

Jeff Beck, the legendary guitarist from English rock band The Yardbirds and the Jeff Beck Group, died at 78 on Tuesday "after suddenly contracting bacterial meningitis." The news was announced Wednesday on Beck's verified Twitter account.

"I can’t express how saddened I am to hear of (Jeff Beck's) passing," singer/songwriter Ozzy Osbourne tweeted.
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Jimmy Page called Beck a "six stringed Warrior" who had the ability to "channel music from the ethereal."
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Dave Davies of The Kinks said he was "heartbroken" to hear the news of Beck's passing.

"I’m shocked and bewildered. Deepest sympathy to his wife friends close ones," Davies wrote on Twitter. "He was a good friend and a great guitar player."

"No one played guitar like Jeff," Gene Simmons of Kiss tweeted.
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English singer-songwriter Paul Young affectionately called Beck "the guitarists guitarist" in a tweet.
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Rod Stewart [Tweeted]  Beck is "the greatest. Jeff Beck was on another planet."

TDG: Some selections of Beck's guitar genius.